Mount Haidinger

Mount Haidinger
Mount Haidinger
	Mount Haidinger on the right, Aoraki / Mount Cook in the middle.
Highest point
Elevation	3,070 m (10,070 ft)
Listing	List of mountains of New Zealand by height
Coordinates	43°33′5″S 170°11′59″E / 43.55139°S 170.19972°E
Geography
	Mount Haidinger Canterbury, New Zealand

Elevation3,070 m (10,070 ft)^[1]

ListingList of mountains of New Zealand by height

Coordinates43°33′5″S 170°11′59″E / 43.55139°S 170.19972°E

Mount Haidinger is a mountain of the Southern Alps, located in Aoraki / Mount Cook National Park. It has a double peak, with the northern peak being nine meters lower than the southern peak.^[2]

In 1895, Edward Arthur FitzGerald, Matthias Zurbriggen and Jack Clark recorded the summit success of the southern tip.^[3] The first ascent of the northern tip was accomplished in the same year by Tom Fyfe and Malcolm Ross.^[4] Mount Haidinger is more suited for climbing in the Southern Hemisphere summer between September and March.^[5]

Julius von Haast named the mountain after the Austrian geologist Wilhelm von Haidinger.^[6]

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v t e Aoraki / Mount Cook National Park, New Zealand
Mountains	Aoraki / Mount Cook Mount Dampier Dixon Peak Douglas Peak Mount Elie de Beaumont Glacier Peak Mount Haidinger Mount Hamilton Mount Hicks La Perouse Lendenfeld Peak Malte Brun Mount Ollivier Mount Sefton Silberhorn Mount Tasman Mount Teichelmann Mount Vancouver
Mountain ranges	Mount Cook Range Two Thumb Range
Glaciers	Hooker Glacier Mueller Glacier Murchison Glacier Tasman Glacier
Lakes	Blue Lake Hooker Lake Tasman Lake
Rivers	Godley River Hooker River Murchison River Tasman River
Other geographic features	Copland Pass Sealy Tarns
Settlements and buildings	The Hermitage Hotel Mount Cook Aerodrome Mount Cook Village
Walking and cycling tracks	Alps 2 Ocean Cycle Trail Hooker Valley Track
Reserves and World Heritage Sites	Aoraki Mackenzie International Dark Sky Reserve Te Wahipounamu

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